Cheesecake

 I had bought a pot of cream which we didn't use as expected so decided to make a Cheesecake, It is supposed to be made with chocolates that an Ambassador would spoil you with, but I don't like em so have modified the recipe with Chocolate and Hazelnut instead!! 

You start with the base, the recipe calls for Digestives but I'm addicted to Dark Chocolate Hob-nobs so I use half Organic digestives and half DCHB I know they are not Organic but I'm an addict so don't judge me!! Using my new food processor, blitzed them into crumbs and poured on the melted butter, pulse to mix and press into the tin then pop in the fridge to chill.

Nobs and Digestives

Melting the butter

Blitz them mothers

The Base

So while the base is chilling, make the Cheesecake, beat the Cheese with some Icing Sugar and then whip the Cream with some Vanilla Essence, now our Electric whisk has broke and I was using the big mixer to do the Cheese. I am hopeless at hand whisking but luckily Margie is dab hand ,she's been trying to whip me into shape for years!! She stepped up magnificently and got the job done!

The Cheese

Beat It Up

Margie cracking on, Check out the slippers!!

Jobs a Good un!!

Fold it in

Fold the Cream Into the Cheese mix, now Chop up some Chocolate, Green&Blacks Organic Milk Chocolate is my choice. Top Tip try not to eat it all before you chop it😁 and some Hazelnuts, Crazy Jacks is a reasonable organic brand! Fold them through the mixture, when amalgamated spread over the base and back into the fridge, I did this Friday night so would have all night to chill!

Finished Mixture

Spoon it in

Ready for the Fridge nighty night

So on return from our exercise walk this morning (see previous post) time to move on to stage 2.

Chop up some more Hazel Nuts and the rest of the Chocolate assuming there is some left, in a small saucepan heat up some Chocolate Hazelnut spread until it is runny, spread over the chilled cheesecake then sprinkle with the Chocolate and the Nuts then back in the fridge!!

This stuff is awesome! More Chocolatey and Nutty and less sweet than the brand leader, when the dickheads were hoarding Bog Roll I was buying my weight in this. This spread and a banana Sandwich is top notch food !!

Chopped Nuts

Heating gently, luckily I resisted drinking this

Ready for the fridge

So how did it turn out!!

Well pretty darn good, only problem was getting it off the base of the tin, possibly should have buttered it! The base was a little hard and probably a little thick, but blooming tasty!! Very, very tasty pud and despite the chocolate and the cream not sickly at all the cream cheese sees to that.

Restrained slice

So how much did it cost

Cream Cheese £3.70

Cream £1.50

Chocolate Spread £2

Milk Chocolate £1.50 this is the price of a whole bar but not all of it made the finished product

Hazelnuts £1 

Vanilla Essence £0.20

Digestives £0.45

Non Organic ingredients

Hob Nobs £0.75  

Icing Sugar £0.30 (can't get Organic😢)

So £11.40 😱 so fairly steep but the difference between that and a non-organic one is a couple of quid, but it is also insects and  birds in the hedgerows, a price worth paying!